Chapter 517 - Running into Old Friends in Foreign Land (1/2)
Chapter 517: Running into Old Friends in Foreign Land
Translator: Reverie_ Editor: Kurisu
On the fourth day, Hu Niu waited there. After Ling Han rolled his eyes, the little girl laughed loudly with her hands on her hips, dragging Ling Han for grilled meat. She had no consistency in doing things. A while ago, she said she would strive to cultivate, but after a few days, she began slacking off.
What others couldn’t accept was that her cultivation actually still increased so quickly. She broke through to the Flower Blossom Tier without a sound, and her battle prowess was unpredictably strong.
These days, he rested peacefully and forgot all pressure, simply enjoying his parents’ affection and the tender sentiments of the young beauties. Ling Han, however, gained surprising improvements on martial arts
The Sword Qi he grasped reached nineteen flashes, a period of explosive growth. But the twentieth flash was another hurdle, which would probably have him stuck for a while. Moreover, he also finally grasped the two bone patterns, one acquired from the old Vicious Mongoose and the other from the unnamable beast king.
The Vicious Mongoose’s bone patterns were a supportive art, though even Ling Han didn’t know whether it could be called an art per se. It was simply a spiritual pattern, but it could be attached onto a sword, greatly increasing the Sword Qi’s destructive power. It had no offensive capacity at all in itself and could only be characterized as a supportive attribute.
This was very practical, and Ling Han even felt that its effects surpa.s.sed the other bone pattern’s.
The other was an art that could fire out a cold ice blade, but Ling Han already grasped the Mystical Power Annihilating Dragon Star Arrow, which was relatively powerful as a long distance attack. But thinking about it, Annihilating Dragon Star Arrow needed acc.u.mulation for a certain amount of time before it could be fired, and it was actually an attack launched over extreme distances, while this cold ice blade was a medium to short range attack, so it just so happened to be supplementary for it.
Anyways, more techniques weren’t a burden. Each art and skill might have a place where its uses could be displayed.
Next, he was going to middle state, and the Mysterious Three Thousand definitely couldn’t be used recklessly there; otherwise, if the old monsters of the Heaven’s Sword Sect were drawn out, it wouldn’t be a laughing matter. Thus, he flipped through some skills and found a sword technique.
The Desolate h.e.l.l Sword.
Ling Han acquired it from an ancient site; it was said to be the legacy of a strange force called Ancient Monks. This set of sword techniques expiated men, beasts, and all people. It had a total of eight styles: the first seven styles were merciful, leaving one with a feeble thread of life, used mainly for defense, and only the last style was extremely ruthless, like becoming a demon.
It was of course a Heaven Grade skill, the only Heaven Grade sword technique that Ling Han grasped; thus, even though this sword technique was somewhat strange, Ling Han still decided to cultivate it.
A Heaven Grade skill was something where one had to grasp its intent during cultivation in order to connect with the martial intent and form a link between the preceding and following styles, fully unleas.h.i.+ng the power of the technique.
Thus, to fully grasp the Desolate h.e.l.l Sword, Ling Han needed to be compa.s.sionate for mankind when executing the first seven styles, and at the last style, he had to turn into the Asura Demon King of Avici, cutting down all things.
He practiced the sword technique and contemplated the ancestors’ state of mind when creating this sword technique, deepening his understanding of the way of the sword much more.
“However, cultivating someone else’s technique, no matter how strong it is, is still using someone else’s invention. Each person has their own path, and even if it’s the same path of a king, a heartless path, it couldn’t possibly be completely the same.
“So, to be the strongest, I must create a technique of my own!
“Like Rain Emperor, who created Son of Heaven Fist Technique; although it might not be the strongest fist technique, it was still the most suitable fist technique for Rain Emperor. As his tier increased, the fist technique’s power would also increase, and at last reach expert mastery,depending on the heights Rain Emperor could go.
“In this life, since I’m focused on the sword, I’ll create a sword technique that belongs to my own sword path, and it’ll increase as my tier increases.
“I had this thought before, but haven’t ever put it into practice. Since I’ve now advanced into the Flower Blossom Tier, it should be brought on the daily schedule.”
Ling Han cultivated the Desolate h.e.l.l Sword and deduced his sword path, acc.u.mulating his understanding in preparation for a day when a sudden enlightenment might bring him inspiration.